Overview
- Description
- This collection includes files of particular cases, including criminal cases (assaults, thefts, murders, document forgery, injuries); as well as administrative cases, which included cases related to the charges of illegal trade, espionage, the hiding of Jews, receiving correspondence from abroad, the refusal to turn in radio sets, or listening to foreign broadcasts, among others. Most of the defendants in the administrative cases are Poles and Jews. The files of the German Court and Higher German Court in Radom include the civil cases of the people of German origin.
- Alternate Title
- Sondergericht. Staatsanwaltschaft bei dem Sondergericht in Radom
- Date
-
inclusive:
1941-1945
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Poland. S?d Specjalny w Radomiu.
- Reference
- Sworzen M., Sedziowie w podbitym kraju, “Zeszyty Historyczne” 1999, vol. 128
Wrzyszcz A., Zarys organizacji sadownictwa niemieckiego w Generalnym Gubernatorstwie w latach 1939-1945 [Grundriss der deutschen Besatzungsgerichtsbarkeit im GG in den Jahren 1939-1945], “Zeszyty Majdanka” vol. XIII, 1991, p.5-28
Wuellenweber H., Sondergerichte im Dritten Reich. Vergessene Verbrechen der Justiz, Frankfurt am Main 1990
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Registers.
- Extent
-
4 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
digital images.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. Sondergericht in Radom (208 units); 2. Deutsches Gericht in Radom (18 units); 3. Higher German Court in Radom (6 units). It is difficult to determine how complete this collection is at present.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Reproduction of more than 100 pages of copies of documents for researchers or other institutions requires a written permission of the General Director of the State Archives of the Republic of Poland. Publication of more than 10 complete documents in an individual work requires the written authorization of the General Director. The Museum may not publish any archival material obtained from the General Director, including specific archives under his control, on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without the written permission of the General Director. Citation of the materials in any publication must refer to the Museum and the Polish State Archives and must include the name of the archival group and catalogue number of the originals.
- Copyright Holder
- Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities--Poland. Criminal courts--Germany--History--20th century. Criminal justice, Administration of--Poland--History--20th century. Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--Radom--History--20th century. Jews--Crimes against--Poland--Radom--History--20th century. Germans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Poland--Radom--History--20th century. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--History. Courts War crime trials
- Corporate Name
- Germany. Sondergericht (Radom)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archiwum Państwowe w Radomiu
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Radomiu, Poland, Sygn.399. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2015.
- Special Collection
-
Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-27 08:48:52
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